Million-dollar booze vacation launched

By Kevin Pilley, for CNN

Updated 5:51 PM ET, Tue May 13, 2014

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Ultimate bar tab – UK-based travel company Holidaysplease is offering a world drinking tour in which you can demonstrate the art of conspicuous consumption. The money-no-object trip takes in the world's top hotels, swankiest restaurants and most ludicrously expensive niche beverages.

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Corinthia Hotel (London) – Drinking tourists will spend the first three nights in London in the five-star Corinthia Hotel and hang out at the Playboy Club.

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Sofitel Lyon (France) – In Lyon, there's R&R with a $24,000 bottle of Henri Jayer Richebourg Grand Cru '78. A complimentary VIP tour of the Cote de Nuits is also thrown in.

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Hotel Hermitage Monte-Carlo (Monaco) – In Monaco, members of the bottomless budget brigade will mingle with other high net individuals at the high end Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo.

Legacy cocktail – The Legacy cocktail includes 1788 Clos de Griffier Vieux Cognac, which comes in at $21,000 for a 40 ml shot. It also includes some ancient Kummel liqueur, vintage orange Curacao and four dashes of circa 1900 Angostura bitters.

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Jumeirah Beach Hotel (Dubai) – After Bordeaux, there's a renal rest stop in Dubai, with a stay at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel.

Aria Resort and Casino (Las Vegas) – No over-the-top, absurdly decadent vacation is complete without a stay in Vegas.

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Ono Cocktail (Las Vegas) – The iconic Ono cocktail-for-two at the Aria Resort and Casino in Vegas is sometimes served in a gold-rimmed Baccarat Champagne flute.

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The Winston (Melbourne) – At Melbourne's Crown Entertainment Complex tour members will be handed a Winston, the costliest cocktail in the world according to Guinness World Records.

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Really old Cognac – The Winston is thrown together with a 19th-century Cognac coming in at $170,000 a bottle, a dash of Grand Marnier, a soupçon of Chartreuse and a dash of those much sought after select Caribbean Angostura Bitters.

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Goody bag – Penfolds Ampoule red wine, of which only 12 bottles were made, is one of the three collectable bottles in the ultimate goody bag.

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A drinking holiday costing more than $1 million has been launched by a UK travel agency

Trip covers 40 days, 10 locations and some of the world's priciest drinks

UK-based travel company Holidaysplease is offering a luxury world drinking tour in which you can learn and demonstrate the art of conspicuous consumption.

Starting and ending in London -- although pickups are possible elsewhere -- the ultimate hedonistic, money-no-object vacation takes in the world's best hotels, swankiest restaurants and most exclusive bars in 10 upmarket destinations.

En route, drinkers take in the universe's most ludicrously expensive niche beverages.

In Monaco, members of the bottomless budget brigade will mingle with other surreally high net individuals at the high end Hotel Hermitage Monte-Carlo and party at Flavio Briatore's Billionaire Sunset Lounge in the hotel Fairmont Monte Carlo, quaffing selections from the $565,000 "in-house Armand de Brignac Dynastie" champagne collection.

Holidaysplease also offers a six-month, 12-country gourmet odyssey with tables booked at all 107 of the world's Michelin three-star restaurants.

People you could be drinking with

A couple from Phoenix, Arizona, have reportedly already booked the drinking tour, as have two British drinkers with deep pockets and credit to burn.

After Bordeaux, there's a renal rest stop in Dubai (staying at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel), then it's onto Singapore and The Long Bar at Raffles Singapore for a bargain-priced but relatively downmarket fifty-buck Gin Sling.

At Melbourne's The Crown Entertainment Complex guests will be handed a Winston, which mostly comprises a 19th-century Cognac coming in at $170,000 a bottle.

In some places, anyone who orders one also gets a rather nice gold necklace and Mont Blanc cuff links.

There's more wining and dining at astronomical prices before a visit to New York's Algonquin Hotel Times Square, Autograph Collection, and a thirst-quenching $20,000 diamond-filled martini, served by the man with the steadiest hands in the city, food and beverage director Alex Aubry.

"I ordered a carat in my martini. Not a carrot."

"Awaiting you when you arrive back in London will be the ultimate goody bag," says Warmington.

"Three of the most collectable bottles on the planet -- $13,500 Legacy by Angostura rum, $170,000 64-year-old limited edition Dalmore Trinitas whisky and Penfolds Ampoule red wine, of which only 12 bottles were made."

If you could buy that bottle in a liquor store it would set you back an estimated $18,500.

"Many people quote once-in-a-lifetime holidays but we think this genuinely is," says Warmington. "It's all about the fun of lavish parties, the culture of the wine tours and the extravagance of sipping a cocktail that literally costs hundreds of dollars per sip.

"This holiday is unique. And will provide the ultimate dinner party story."

Unless your guests one-up you and bring along a $6.2 million bottle of Isabella's Islay single malt in an English crystal decanter with 8,500 diamonds and quite a few rubies encrusted on it, too.